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A Mexican earthenware dish, of very shallow round form with short upturned rim and a shallow foot ring. It is covered with mottled green lead glaze and an underglaze black. It is painted with stylized tulip and square geometric design.
dishes (vessels)
earthenware
glazing (coating)
lead (metal)
painting (coating)
throwing (pottery technique)
tin (metal)
geometric patterns
Earthenware
Painted
Thrown
Tin Glazed
Geometric
DISH
Inscribed in underglaze on the bottom underside is: CAXACA/MEXICO/GRABADO/MONTE ALBAN.
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
Caxaca, Mexico, Monte Alban
5.75 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.789
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